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ECP decides printing of nomination forms sans President approval: member
'ECP decides printing of nomination forms sans President approval'ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to order printing of the new nomination papers proposed by it, a member of the commission Justice (retd) Kayani said on Monday.
According to the ECP member, the proposed draft was sent to the president only to fulfill the formality, however, he added there is no need to wait for the president's approval.
Kayani said that only those nomination forms would be printed to which the ECP had granted approval.
Meanwhile, legal experts are of the view that the ECP has a right to order the president or any government official to get any work done and it also reserved a right to take action if the orders were not implemented.
Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed said that the ECP could direct or order any official to help the commission in holding free and fair elections.
He further said that if the orders of the commission were refused then it could also take action against the official.
Two members of the ECP are also of the view that free and fair elections are not possible under the existing laws and nomination forms.
The legal experts further said the commission could move Supreme Court for holding independent and transparent elections.
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